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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-21

There Ia no authority Of law for q tunhv,
location 5000 by /, 800 feet. A proper ioca'ioA
is the width Of the tunnel for 5000 feet. ,oa
There 10 no provision of law for pst sn nm.
tunnel locations. but ioass IN lIEo manner
ming o tunnel may DO ps'en'eo ~
as other lodes. 1891 owpers to
, sno faat of each blind lode. not previogS1
known TO exist, which may be discoversu
their tunne oova-ad for the
s.s. tima IN running q tunnel the fuhns.
ownars have the option of recording an, s
o~nors ~ ! 100 feet ali on one side of the POM
Of discovery or intersection. or parity Oh
side thereof and partly on the o,n rnhibited
az linz of a located tunnel while the suI nav
a dsta from prospecting for blind LIND l SitSou
INNING tunnels. so long as they Keep wniStf
tbe line Of such tunnel.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Coinage at tine San Francisco ssln:.

The coinage of the San Francisco Branch Mint for the month of August amounts to S53OOOO, the great bulk of this, or S42O,OOO, belng ln silver dol lars. This is the first lot of standard dollars turned out of this Mint during the current year of 1887. It is ex- pected that the issue will continue for several more weeks, but may be stop ped by orders from Washington at any time. An order for $50,000 in dimes was filled by the coiners during Au- ust, but only $60,0O0 in gold-half- eagIes-was pressed during the month, an unusually small sum, due to O'the fact of the very heavy extra labor put on the workmen in the dollar coinage. The mountain of previously coined dollars, amounting to over $5,000,000, that is in daily process of transfer from the sub-Treasury to the Mint vaults will not be entirely delivered before the end of 6eptember.-S. E Mining & Scientific Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Railroad Building in .he United States.
An ernhance cnlls some interest1no

An exchange culls some interesting facts and figures from the Railway Age; At the close of 1886, of 312,O15 miles of railroad in operation in the world, the United States had 136,248, or nearly one-half of the total mileage. Notwithstanding this remarkable showing, the work of railway building goes on with wonderful rapidity, as sbown by the fact that during the present year we are to add 12,OOO miles to tRe already large aggregate. Kansas leads all other states this year as railroad bullde In fact, it has for .years=AzpA-moEs .sf that kind of business than anytl1ss else, and has waxed wealthy thereby. At the be- ginning of the year the state had 4,704 miles, and has added 1,184 to that number since January 1st. Texas comes next, with 6,434 on the first of the year which has been increased by 665 miles. The other states and Ter rltories which have made the largest increase stand in the following order; Nebraska, 560 miles; Dakota, 491; h. dian Territory, 418, and Colorado with 4O3 miles, all laid down since the 1st of January. The number of miles completed thus far during the present year is 6,462. Last year we. built 5000 miles, and with the completion of 12,O00 miles of road this year, we will have built, in two years, more miles of railroad than is possessed by the entire Russian empire, and nearly as many as are contained in France. In the matter of railway mileage, America stands first, and the other countries follow in the order named: England and her dependencies, Ger many, France, Russia, Austria-Hun- gary and Italy. These five European states have los, ,252 miles of railroad between them, and it will thus be seen that we have 27.986 more miles of road than all of them combined.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
The Effects of Smoking.

Dr. A. L. Gilson of the United States Navy gives the following testimony as to the effects of smoking upon the stu dent.
 1. It leads to impaired nutrition of the nerve centers.
 }. It is a fertile cause of neuralgia, vertigo and indigestion.
 8. It irritates the mouth and throat and thus destroys the purity of the voice,
 4. By ezoitatlon of the optic nerve it provokes amaurosis and other de- fleets of vision. -..
 5. It causes tremulous hand and an intermittent pulse.
 6. One of it's consplcuous effects k to develop irritability of the heart.
 2. It retards the cell change or which the development of the adoles cent depends.-DeS MOines Register.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
The Washington Monument.

For a number of years there had ex- isted in the minds of a few persons doubts as to the sufficient size and sta bility of the foundation. These ap- prehensions becoming widespread, a joint commlsslon was appointed by Congress, Consisting 6f the President of the United States, the Vice-Presi- dent of the monument society, the Chlaf Of Engineers of the Army, and the architects of the Capitol and Treas urv. with instructions to make an in- vestIqation os the work already done and to direct and supervise the com pletion of the structure. This joint commission caused special invest1ga- ton to be made by capable engineers, who reported that the foundation was in an unsatisfactory condition, and that it would be unsafe to subject 1t to any additional load whatever" " The embodiment of these facts in the commissions first report to Congress led to the enactment of a joint resolu- ton, June IA, 1878, authorizing the expenditure of '$36,OOO, if deemed ad- vlsable, in giving greater stability to the foundation"
 An anecdote of this date related by well-known citizen of New York may illustrate the anxiety felt at that period as to the safety of that strpct- ure. President Hayes had taken out the New Yorker for an afternoon drive, and the carriage stopped in front of the monument.
 T have never been so near before, remarked the guest.
 "Oh! don't be alarmed" instantly replied Mr. Hayes; "the commission has just reported, and it may not fall down for some time yet. .'-Oscal Foote, Tn The American Magazine tOI October.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
CENTRAL ARIZONA.
salubrIty of Ils Climate.
10. c. Wheeler, L. L. D., in the Pacific Ru-
 ral Press

| tO. C. Wheeler, l.. h. h., In the faclnc ISu-
 ral Press.l
 The northern portion of Arizona from about the 34th parallel of lati- tude to the Utah line, has a general elevation of 4OOO to 5000 feet, with mountain peaks twice these nights; with mountain peaks twice these nights; and parts of it are covered with plneries that will furnish timber not only adapted to ordinary building 1 purposes, but for operations in mines of winch the vast mountain ranges are full. This topography dsnotas climate conditions peculiar to itself, and quite distinct from those found farther south. In Central Arizona, the eleva- ton is from 5000 to 5000 feet less than in the northern portion, which affords the best of reasons for its greatly mod flied climatic phenomena.
 The salubrity of any district will, other conditions being equal, be Tn proportion to the evenness of the tenn perature, the dryness of the atmos- phere, the steadiness and regularity of the wind, the purity of the air and amount of clear sunshine. In this view Central Arizona IS probable peer less on the American continent, and perhaps in the world. The extensive plains of arid sands lying between the Pacific Ocean and the western bound ary of Arizona constitute an almost perfect desiccant to all the sea. breezes that reach these valleys, so that they are dry, when here, dry to the last possible degree. This, with other causes, produces an atmosphere so ex- tremely void of all humidity that ab solutely no dew ever falls in the Salt river valley. And yet the breeze is regular nearly every day in the year, lowering the temperature and afford ing measurable relief from undesIra- ble heat that may have obtained dur ing the day. There are no swamps or i 5uagmires exhaling malaria; no chem ical compounds in action to fill the ar with poisonous fumes, no sulphurous lava flows from burning mountains or gaseous exudations from pits, surcharg- the air with asphyxiating ingredients ! The air is as pure as the proper mkt ure of oxygen ana Hydrogen ear pre- duce-a perfect life-glying inhalation at every breath.
 The temperature is wondrou8jy even. No chills from banks af snow, no wet from sloppy breaking dp Of frozen ground, no taElng colds to plant tubercle8 in the lungs, from sud- den shifts ot heat and cold. They never come. Men in the harvest field make full hours and do heavy work with Fahrenheit at no degs. in the shade, -sutferlngs less rom the neat then they would Tn any of the sea board or Mississippi Valley States, with the thermometer at 90 degs. There is no record of a case of sunstroke since the whites began to occupy the Terri tory. And yet there are no statistics showing that any portion of the earth has any greater number of cloudless days with clear sun than Central Arl- zona. In other words, no section of the country enjoys more clOudless, clear sunshine in the year than this district. In short, the elements essen tial to the most perfect healthfulness are here so combined as to insure a state of salubrity equal to the most favored spot on earth:
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
Hot Rolls Better than Oatmeal

Let us then have breakfast of steak or chops with good coffee, hot rolls and eggs, and we are ready for days work.
 After all the abuse that has been heaped upon hot bread, I am glad to lend my voice ln its defense. Proper ly made, that is, without pernicious alkali or halfbaking, I have found it not only as easily dlgested, but many times mere so, than any cereal food that my dispeptic patients eat; and it IS infinitely more palatable. Hot rolls, as purchased from a frst-class city bakery, are among the most desirable of morning foods. regret that 1 can not say so much for oatmeal, though many persons seem to think that it constitutes the most needed and nu- tritious portion of their breakfast. But recent experiments prove that by far the greater part of what is taken passes through the body unchanged, acting merely as an irritant to slug gish bowels as it goes along. To di- gest this intractable food properly, hard outdoor labor seems to be neces- sary, and am convinced that the only nutrltive value it has for majority of my readers is found in the cream that is eaten with it, which would much better be taken alone.-From Health Suggestions, in The Ameri- can Magazine for October.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
supporting the Home Paper.

The Bowie Cross Timbers gives 1t to 'em as follows.
 "When you want newspaper fayorsi you strike your thome paper" don't you? If you want your town boonedi and your property increased in value; you expect your home paper to do it, don't you? Yet you kick because your home paper hasn't as much read ing matter in it as a city paper. don't you? Still on the whole, you think your home paper is a mighty good thing for the town, don't you? And you preclude the home paper from thinking the town is good thing for It, by not giving it sufficient patron age Ion't you? You would not ex- pect the home paper circulating only hundreds to give as much reading matter as the city paper, circulating thousands, would you? You would not expect the former to be as cheap as the latter, would you? You sneak of to the city to get your job work, to save few cents, don't you? Do you think that newspaper publisher can live on windP Do you think he can ever digest the consoling fact that bis paper Is a good thing for the towni when he leceives nothing in return? He can't do 1t can he!
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
slerIe. bod ny 1eteran. al s. souI..
IFrnm the Globe.nemoerat. l

From the Globe Democrat.
 Frank D. W. Arnold, Lamar, Mo- When was Is years of age I l1yed al Juneau, Wis, and being somewhat large for my age I succeeded in en- listing on February 10, 1862, in the Sd Winconsin Cavalry. was with Gen. Blunt at Fort Smith and Fort Scott, and at Baxter Spring, Ark, on October 6, 1863. I am to-day sole sur vlvor of that massacre. Nineteen of eur party got away before Quantrell surrounded us, and 119 of us were cor ralled. Ofthat number IF were klIed. 1 was shot. seven times an2..-lsfftt for. dacati.- $ ee;u tsiSssfelTs.s7s me move after I had six pieces of lead in me and l had moaned "Oh, my God, and pump ing another one into me said, and 1 can hear him now, "You tell your Billy God that Quantrell was the last man you saw on earth" Hay there, me and Jack Splan, for twenty-four hours before they dared come out ot the Black Fort, mile and half dls- tant. Jack Splan died last year Tn Kansas. was two years getting over my wounds, and then I rejoined the service as scout under Gen. c. w. Blair, being mustered out Tn March, 1865, at Madison.
 P. Coursey Richards, Lincoln, Neb. T am the only soldier who ever rode a nigger in the war. How was that? We'll, I was doing scout duty for the Army of the Cumberland. Bruce, the East Tennessee guerrilla, put his hounds on my track, and I jumped on nigger's back and rode until l threw them off the scent. Bruce got me af- forwards, stripped me and sat me on a log to be shot. In one of my boots they found Confederate commission, and that let me cut of the scrape. That commission did me good serv1ce. I took it off the body of Capt Jack Downing, a Texan, who was killed at Fort Donelson. When l went into the spy business assumed Jack Down lng's name, as well as his commission. I wore my hair p inches long and readily passed for tue dead Texan. 1 usually went alone on my trips Tn the enemY's country, on account of which I was known among the Confederates as 'sLeae Jack. - Pgs1ee- and his crowd gave me most trouble Once I had to kill three of his men. But I finally got even by capturing Bruce himself. The guerrilla was sent to Cincinnati, but he burrowed out. He is living in Louisville, but we only learned of each others existence couple of years ago through some friends of mine who visited the New Orleans Exposition. He wrote to me that he wasn't satls- fled with our past meetings, and chal- lenged me to face him again, suggest ing Mason and Dixon line. He sad he had taken solemn oath to see me later. I wrote back, accepting and naming the conditions, that we be chained by the left wrists and have daggers under the right foot. I heard from him a few days ago, and he said I might see him in St. Louis. ! am waiting for him. There won't be any blood shed when we get together. I went into the warsfrOm Nebraska, as a member of the 1st Nebraska Battal- ion of Cavalry. l am the author of the G. A. R. Register and War Rec ord, which the boys think is the best thing of the klnd out.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

A prominent railroad manager who was recently in New York says that the stringency of the money market in Wall street can not be comprehend ed by any one outside of that city. In the financial regions of New York one hears nothing but talk on the present tight condition of money, and the eff feet is being felt on railroad building all over the country. The market Is so unstable that the securities of only about halt dozen roads are consider ed by bankers as safe collateral. In this condition of affairs is almost hope iess fer railroads te obtan money foi b1ilding or other pur0oecs
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The following is the United States law relating to the measurement of water: Water sold by the inch by an individual or corporation, shall be measured as follows, to-wit: Every inch shall be considered equal to an inch square orifce under five inch pressure, and five inch pressure shall be from the top of the orifce of the box put into the banks of the ditch, to the surface of the water; said boxes. or any dot or aperture through which such water may be measured, shall in all cases be six inches perpendicular inside measurement, except boxes de- livering less than twelve inches, which may be square, with or without slides; all slides for these same shall move horizontally and not otherwise, and said box put into banks or ditch, shall have a descending grade from the water in ditch of not less than one. eight of an inch to the foot.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Distance from Globe the railroad at Wilcox, over wOOIs and Norton G s;e@lrts lnes (rOute for Eastern passengers) rs)...-.-.-...-....--12 123 miles. From Globe to Casa Grande crossing the Devils Can yon and touching at Pnal and Florence. go miles. From Globe to Casa Grande via Pioneer 90 miles. Elevation above sea level at Globe S6oo feet. Latitude sS degrees 26 minutes, longitude no de- grees, 45 minutes
 Highest maximum temperature, July I1th, no deg. Lowest minimum temperature Jan. 10th, ..16 deg. Mean temperature .6S deg. Prevailing direction of wind, Southwest An observation extending over several years, dis aoses the remarkable fact, that there has not been
 wi thout more or less sunshine.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
aIalne's C6ideh Ake


 tBangor caFssspondence \. r. WOfad,l
 Perhaps the most curious sights that greet the eye of the stranger who journeys through Hancock county, ih this State, are the many deep pits in the ground, half fall oF water in q ralny season and surrounded by groups of tumble-down, neglected buildings, which are scattered all over the country side. These are the for lorn monuments of what is nov fa4 cetiouslg termed Maine,s golden age the mining boom which went up like rocket and came down Ike stick abos.E-aAs years s e7s-ens sls flat tune a lot Of SS5slssss, 7i7-spseftn by clique of speeuIators, got the idea that there was no end of hidden, wealth in the soil of Eastern Maine, and immediately there sprung up q great fever over copper, silver and gold. Blue hill, Sullivan and, indeed, all Hancock county seemed, in the ex- cited vision of the unlucky ones who, invested, to be a second Sacramento or Ballarat, and soon the whole eoun- try was dug full of holes and dotted with shaft-houses, while an army of. men, with pick and shovel, disturbed the peaceful earth and threw it out in heaps upon the surface. Machinlsts and laborers and the inner ring of stock manlpulators profted by the op-, erations, but the small and large buy CTS of stock who were green" lost enough to make them rave when in after years Maine mines were mem toned to them, while to this day the shafts are cursed by the farmers, whose sheep and cattle fall into thelr lonesome depths.
 At Bangor, in the time of the ex< citement, many absurd things were said and done. Farmers, whose hay stood ready for the cutting and whose potatoes went unhoed, wokethe echoes with blasting great lodges on their land, and then hastened to the city with gripsaek full of any peculiar looking stone they were able to fndto have it assayed. To read signs about Bangor Tn those times enc mighteasl+ ly imagine himself in Denyeror Leads vile, for here was the Kissing Sun Silver and Gold Mining Company; capital, s1,0OO,OGC," [and there the Andes Gold Mining and Milling Com pany; capital, S5OO,OO0," while there were any number of assayers' offices not to mention a couple of mining ex- changes. There were auctions of stock every Saturday forenoon, and those who attended (and they were many} purchased more or less of the alluring and handsomely printed cer- tlfcates. The prices ranged from s cents to S25O per share; and many purchased the cheaper stocks simply because they didn't cost much, and might, as they felt, suddenly develop fabulous values.
 But then came assessments and de- linquent sales and also engineering difficulties. The head stoek-manipu- tors got cut from under, and the in nocents felt the crash. Some few of the mines were worked for a time in a feeble way after the main collapsei but dividends there were not, and ths only evidence of the golden age" now remaining are the yawning shafts of Hancock county. The assayers are gone, the Bangor mining exchanges are occupied as clothing store and a beer shop and the farmers attend strictly to the potato crop. But val uable things are dug out of the ground down here. They are granite, lime and iron:
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The eight longest rivers in the world are as follows: Missourl-Mississippi, 4194 miles; Nile, 4O20; Yang-t8e-kiang, 3138, Amazon, 3O63; Yenesal-Scanga, 295O. Amur, 2950; Congo. 2883, Mac kensle. 2S6S,
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The Anaconda Co.,, Montana, which has the largest and most extensive smelling plant in the world, IS lay ing plants to still further increase this Dlaut.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

Theodore Stewart, who died recent ly in New York, left S500,000 as the proceeds of saloon-keoping for twenty six years. He introduced the practice of exhibiting costly pictures in his saloon. aud pocketed big money by the novelty.
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

A modest little tn sign in black and white in New York doorway attracts mnch attention. It reads! Moses repaired, reduced, enlarged and paint
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08

The newest thing in door knobs have glass end, like a bull's-eye lam tern, in which the number of the house IS seen in black pant by day and black by night when the httIs lamp inside the knob is lighted
Arizona silver belt., 1887-10-08
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Territorial. Governor-C. Meyer Zulick, Prescott Secretary-James A. Bayard, Prescott. Treasurer-C B. Foster, Prescott. Superintendent of Public Instruction-C. RI, Strauss.
 Auditor Andrews, Prescott. Supreme Court-Jas. H. Wright, Chief Justice. Prescott: Wm W. Porter. Associate Justice, Phonix;W. H. Barnes, Associate Ju us- tice. Tucson.
 U. s. District Attorney-O. T. Rouse, Tucson.
 U, s. Marshal-W. K Meade Tucson. Surveyor General-John Hise. U. S. Internal Revenue Collector-J. J. Devine, Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress-Marcus Smith, Tombstone
 Judge of First Judicial District-W. H. Barnes,
 Judge of Second Judicial District William ". Porter, Phoenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-Jas. H. etla County. Id >s Dissrsoe Court-W William Porter. P""se '-% Co1ft-3 6 Faz. of Distrl, TIT v- f~. Judge of Probate Sheriff-E. E. Hodgson. Under Sheriff.. H. Benbroob. Ristriet Attorney-J. D. McCabe. Reeorser-Chas. T. Martin. Supervisars-J. Redman, Alfred Kinney, Louis Sultan. Clerk of Board of supervisors-Ch Chas. T. Martin. County Treasurer--Thos. A. Lonergan. Public Administrator A. Holmes. Coroner--
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-03
BALDBE ADED MEN.
Why They Become so, and Why They
Wear Caps.
Fro,,, the Ye,c York Ecs1ing Sun.

From, the Ye1c York Ecsning Sun.
Il will bet that Won never saw middle
aged athlete who wasn't baldheaded; and l
VIII also wager that you never saw an athlete
who didn't wear skull cap whenever there
was the slightest chance of his head being ex-
posed to the air." re1ectively remarked Prof.
John b. Latin the athlete, yesterday.
What makes them baldheaded, and why
are they SO careful about their headsg' asked
a reporter, promptly inserting he Two queries
just where the professor evidently expected
them.
well" was the response, "they get bald
headed-iust liz me-throush excessive men
tai and physical eXertion. You never saw a
baldheaded idiot. did you? Athletes in train
ing sweat great deal. and the sweat, of
course, acts on the hair of the head. We
always wear skull caps, because every body
knows that nine-tenths of the colds which
are contracted commence in the head / pro-
tect my head Just as carefully as a mother
protects the top of her baby's head.
''By the way" exclaimed the professor.
breaking off IN his DISCOURSE ~ know how to
cure nine-tenths of mankind of the habit Of
going out of theatres between acts. Now
probably you think those men always want to
get drInk?"
The professor was informed that there was
a popular tradition TO that effect. whereupon
he drew himself up ana solemnly and earn
esly made this startling assertion:
"Nine -tenth6 of the alen do not go out for
drinks. They leave their seats simply be-
cause their heads are cold. You needn't
smile. l know this to be fact. | have had
draughts In theatres between acts, and have
alwat suggested that the way TO remedy the
evil is to wear skull cap. This brings me
back TO the point | star, ed from, and let me
tell you that you cannot be too careful of
|. your head Skull caps are mighty useful, let
me tell YOU"